Literary Luminary 'Jamiluddin Aali' Remembered On His Birth Anniversary
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 20, 2020 | 03:52 PM
Renowned poet, lyricist, scholar columnist, creator of several popular national songs including "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan" and scholar Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan commonly known as Jamiluddin Aali was remembered on his 95h birth anniversary Monday
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jan, 2020 ) :Renowned poet, lyricist, scholar columnist, creator of several popular national songs including "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan" and scholar Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan commonly known as Jamiluddin Aali was remembered on his 95h birth anniversary Monday.
He was born to a literary family in Delhi, India on 20 January 1925. His father Sir Ameer-ud-Din Ahmed Khan was also a poet while his mother Syeda Jamila Begum belonged to the family of renowned urdu Sufi poet Khawaja Mir Dard.
Aali started composing poetry at an early age and wrote many books as well as songs. He wrote the song "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan" during 1965 Indo-Pak war which became highly popular.
Jamiluddin Aaali was married in 1944 to Tayyba Bano. He had three sons and two daughters.
Aali was suffering from diabetes and respiratory illness and was admitted in a hospital in Karachi and he died of heart attack on 23 November 2015 in Karachi, private news channel reported.
His contribution towards promotion of Urdu and establishment of Urdu University in the country, a dream and mission of Baba e Urdu (Maulana Abdul Haq), is also duly acknowledged by many.
One of the longest poems in the Urdu literature, "Insaan," comprising 4000 verses also goes to Aali's credit and this is besides several poems and ghazals contributed by him to the Urdu poetry.
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